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A DISPLAY SIGN. APPLICATION FILED JUNE I7. IBIB.

1 ,31h-3,43 4 Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

swEET 71 ,BRANDOMKENNY -9 HENDERSON ==F0R==f6 6 4/ GNS f5 will continue DANIEL EDWARD WATERS, 0F ST.,1A`UL, MINESOTA.

DISPLAY-sien.-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug.l19, 1919.

Application filed June 1f?, 1918..' vSerial No. 240,379.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I', DANIEL l EDWARD IATERS, of they city of St. Paul, in the'State of Minnesota, United States 'of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Signs,- of which the following is the specification'.

' The invention relates to improvements in display signs and the principal object of the invention isto provide amoving sign which, by virtue of its movement, will attract the attention ofthe public, thereby rendering the'sign a valuable one for display purposes.

A further obj ect of the'iiivention is to provide a sign particularly adapted'for outdoors andwhich, when once set in operation,

the work rwithout further attention.v g `A still further ,object is to construct a movin `'sioni in a com arativel inex ensive and durable manner and so that it''can'be complete Sign board.

readily erected and'put into operation.

l/Vith the above general objects in view the inventionconsists essentially in a sign board frame having a centrally vpositioned stationary sign board, 'movable-sign boards mounted in the frameand shiftable from side to side. of thestationary sign and means for shifting the movable signs lat predetermined instan-ts, the parts .beingarranged and constructed as hereinafter more particularly described vand later pointedoutin the 'appended claims, reference' being had to the accompanying drawing in which Figure l represents al front view of my Fig. 2 represents afhorizontal sectional viewVv through the signboard `with ,parts 'broken away, the section being taken 'in the planezfdenoted by the line X'-X Fig." 3.

Fig; 3represents a` vertical? sectional 'view through the sign' board with the centralfpart of the board broken away,the,section being taken in the plane denoted :by the lineY-Y Fig.2.A *i 1 Fig.' lff'represents aside 'view of the .driving parts.` l

LFig. '5' representsu anf enlarged detailed vertical sectional-vie liroluglilthe top part of the sign 'boardf f' Y i Fig.v 6 representsanfienlarged: detailed longitudinal sectional'view through the pinl ions and'pulleyson the` counter shaft@A the fulll vlength thereof.v

f` In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding vparts in the several figures. i

` 1 represents a sign board frame carried by suitable legs 2v and formed from top and bottom beams 3 and 4 vclosed at theV ends by end posts 'and 6. Suitable molding pieces and 8 border the front exposed area of the sign and cross strips 9 and 10yare secured to the front of the sign board yand divide the frame, in the `present instance, intok three equal sized exposure areas 11, 12 and 13. In the exposure area 11 I `place a permanent or stationary sign board 14 on which any suitable advertising vmaterial appears. This sign board is located at the front ofthe frame. v Y

15 and 11S-are movable sign boards mounted in the frame 1 for in and out movement in respect to the sign board 14 and in this conthe permanent signi board. In actu-al practice the signboards 15 and 16 are of la length such that when fully ,extendedV their outer endsfully close the display areas l2 and 13 and theiry innere'ndslie behind the board 14 and are of the full length and widthv of such boardLfw To lrender the signs 15 and 16 readily movableI have fitted their upper and lower edgeswith rollers 17 which operatein upper and flower guiding grooves 18 and 19, 2O and 21 formed inthe beams-3 and 4L and passing Y On fthe front faces V'of the sign boards 15 and 16 I desire vtoplacetwo distinct adver- Y tisgements, these'vbeing. arranged Vsuch that when the outerends-of the'said boards are fullyv extending, p, as 1shown in Fig. 1, the advertisingffmaterial on the' outer ends of said signs appears in the exposure areas 12 and 18 .and the yadvertising Ymaterial onl the` front face of the innerends of the said 4signs isunotV exposed, beingV entirely covered by the permanent sign14.' i

A ording'to this arrangement it ,will be l obvious' that by manipiulatingV the movable signA boards Ican'alternately exposeV the signs'lon the movable sign boards and thereby @teh @wreef the/publie Infordei" to` operate' 'th A@movable Sign boards I have supplied the driving device now described.

T0 the rear of the sign lloeatee Platform 22 on which I mount af prime mover such as an electric motor 23 of which 24: is the motor shaft. The motor shaft ris:extended and carries a comparatively long driving pulley 25 and on this pulley I mount a Ibelt '26 which drives a pulley 27 located at the end of what might be termed a :timing shaft 2S Y for the greater partereular but having 'at dametreallylOpposite points a notehlfand a lug, 'm .A

36 represents aeQnnter-shaft-.wheliis split ceiitrallyintO two sections indicated at 36 and 36%.v The ecmnter 4shaft viscarried by suitable bearings-and is itteid centrally lwith a Aloose pulley' 37 `which vis ,losa/(fell :Genti-Tally betweentwo ixed'pulleys-SS and 39 secured respectivelyone te thefshaftseeten and the Qther'to the 'shaftfseeton 36". Oppositely disposed equal sized bevel pinions l0 and .el are also secured permanently elle to the shaft section 36Y and :the .other `:to the shaft section andisad pnons both-:mesh with abevelgeari-LQcarriedlby an edi-leent pedestal 43, belti4 extends I iorirlallySoetWeeii @the pulley 25 and tliel pulley 37. The fsa-1.11.33 sfutilizedito shift the-belt #L4 and the shifting accomplished by `slelably mounteclred l5 having-the- Oneend supplied wtlia roller e6 ivllieliirirles the ieee ofthe Gam. anflzthe. other endjprovded-Witha spanner 47 Anihlebspans tleeleelt( A fspringi :is connected to the end of the rod neXt the cani to :hold the rellencontinuonslyfonzthe eem From this arrangement it wllbe apparent that as Ythe i,p 11lleY25, is rotated the -leeltf 26 will operate vthe cam and the y-eam ftuin Will seperate the red Vte shift f the Vbelt -alternatelylirst from the idlepulley y'gonito the pulley 38? then beek i to `the Vlillepulley :end afteianintervel of time OVER OIlfftO-the P1171 1e'yf39iand thenbeek tothe idle -pulleIo-Slleh movementoeeulng in one revolution Off-the Cam. y

'During the. intervelftllit the. belt driving the pullev38tl1e shaft; B6 is `driven in one direction While wbenfthe belt is 0hthe pulleyy 39 tl e drive is in the OPPQSitellleetion, Y 'llle dlefintervals `[between the -lteversals of `vthe drive occur when the beltgisonjthelillepnlF n the lug.

ley :and the length of. the interval vis dete1- mined yby the designieftlie eem asno movement 4Will ,'be eifeited the shifting rod until theY roller `passes into gtlie. slot or engages This @hiring devise-is temiei llifeetlv with the sign board as the inner end of the sha-flv 35 iS fitted with a bevel pinion 49 which meshes with a `bewel pinion 50 located at the lovver end of a vertically disposed voperating shaft 51 located centrally 'between :thesign boards .15and 16 Ain a position centrally behind the fixed sign board 14. The shaft 51 is fitted With upper and lower pin- "ions 52 and 58 'which operate on lengthwise extending-racks 54 and 55 permanently ysecured to zthe inner v*faces of the moving sign boards. Y

From the abovefdisclosure it tvillbe seen that ivhenfths,eigubeerd is set up and the meter :is started the moving signs willieman inert for pei'ed yeed will then be shiftecl- A iperson' @believing-the sign will first see the advertising material Lexposed as .shown in Eig, 11 and :then if ille Waits fier afsliert time l1ev-ill--netieeftliesignschanging The t is to sayfhe will vsee :the previously @spese/ d materialen thesig11fbee1-ds15 and 16 gradufilly 'Hwy-@11g ill #behind .y the central Astationary Sign :and new :advertising materiel y eenling into view 'and gradually fleeing Ylully exposed inthespaeepreviously occupied by the originelzmaterel.

While 1I. have `shown and described a elle* cial driving device for operating vand tlm-lpg the fsleviee. still tit `will -be 'understoed thetthiseeulelllee readily modified Without inthe diSPliY-slgil, el substantially :ree-

sign boards to alternately Withdraw and-eX- 1 poseithem-fat oppositeenflsofthestatenary sign board.V i f fl; in ,e i display Sign, substantially reetangular frame-,a :stationery Isign beard located centrally of Athe rarnefand providing ergenisnreV areas iat-the' ends of the frame, a pair of shifting sign-beards Slidable ,within the freine@ ehdlnleusted te :pass @leer I of one another behind 'the central sign and menas for sliding the shifting sign lboards alternately in and out to expo-se them in the eX- posure areas at the ends of the central sign board.

5. In a display sign, a substantially rectangular frame, a stationary sign board located centrally of the Viframe and providing similar exposure areas at the ends of the frame, a pair of shifting sign boards slida-bly mounted in the frame and each twice the length of the stationary frame and mounted to pass one another when movedr endvvise Within the frame and driving means for intermittently operating the movable 15 vsign boards to alternately expose the ends thereof in the exposure areas at the ends of the central sign board.

`Signed at St. Paul, this 11 day of May Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington,` D. C. 

